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As part of its buildup towards the Union Budget 2004, CNBC-TV18
will host six pre-budget round tables held across the country.
The roundtable on taxation was held in Mumbai on 25 June 2004.
The discussion was based on 'How will the government use tax to
fill its coffers'. The Mumbai roundtable will be televised on CNBC
TV 18 next week. An in-depth analysis on the issues related to the
raising of standard deduction in personal taxation, double taxation
treaty, service tax and VAT were discussed at the roundtable, says
a company release.
Present at the tax roundtable in Mumbai were Ernst & Young
chairman Jairaj Purandare, Bharat S Raut & Co partner Bharat
Raut, tax consultant H P Ranina, Crawford & Bailey senior partner
Dadi Engineer, PriceWaterhouseCoopers ED Prashant Deshpande and
Ambit Finance director Dinesh Kanabar.
According to the release, more than 125 CEOs, numerous Indian and
international experts will be part of this year’s programming line
up for Budget 2004 on CNBC-TV18.
Says Television-18 ltd CEO Haresh Chawla, CEO, "A series of
pre budget events and programming as well as the most comprehensive
budget day and post budget coverage has been created under the Tightrope
2004 umbrella for CNBC TV18's budget foray."
The Tightrope 2004 aims to bring out the various conflicting
issues that the FM will need to address. The Mumbai roundtable had
opinion leaders and taxation specialists speaking about the budget
implications on tax both - direct and indirect tax.
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